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INDEX

A
Absolute scale temperature Absolute zero Acceleration (linear) Acceleration due to gravity Accuracy Action-reaction Addition of vectors Adiabatic process Aerofoil Air resistance Amplitude Angle of contact Angstrom Angular Acceleration Angular displacement Angular frequency Angular momentum Angular velocity Angular wave number Antinodes Archimedes Principle Area expansion Atmospheric pressure Average acceleration Average speed Average velocity Avogardo's law 276 276 45 49,189 22 97 67 306, 307 258 79 340, 368 263, 264 21 154 338 340, 369 155 152 368 376 251 277 249 45, 74 42 42 320

Bulk modulus Buoyant force

238 251

C
Calorimeter 281 Capillary rise 264 Capillary waves 366 Carnot engine 311 Central forces 186 Centre of Gravity 161 Centre of mass 144 Centripetal acceleration 81 Centripetal force 104 Change of state 282 Charle's law 321 Chemical Energy 126 Circular motion 104 Clausius statement 310 Coefficient of area expansion 279 Coefficient of linear expansion 277 Coefficient of performance 309 Coefficient of static friction 101 Coefficient of viscosity 258 Coefficient of volume expansion 277 Cold reservoir 308 Collision 129 Collision in two dimensions 131 Compressibility 238 Compressions 364, 365, 371 Compressive stress 232, 239 Conduction 286 Conservation laws 12 Conservation of angular momentum 157, 173 Conservation of Mechanical Energy 121 Conservation of momentum 98 Conservative force 121 Constant acceleration 46,75 Contact force 100 Convection 289 Couple 159 Crest 367 Cyclic process 307

B
Banked road Barometer Beat frequency Beats Bending of beam Bernoulli's Principle Blood pressure Boiling point Boyle's law Buckling 104 250 338, 380, 381 379, 380 240 254 272, 273 283 321 240

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D
Dalton's law of partial pressure Damped oscillations Damped simple Harmonic motion Damping constant Damping force Derived units Detergent action Diastolic pressure Differential calculus Dimensional analysis Dimensions Displacement vector Displacement Doppler effect Doppler shift Driving frequency Dynamics of rotational motion 321 351 351 351 351 16 265 273 61 32 31 66 40 381, 382 383 354 169

Geostationary satellite Gravitational constant Gravitational Force Gravitational potential energy Gravity waves

196 189 8, 192 191 366

H
Harmonic frequency Harmonics Heat capacity Heat engines Heat pumps Heat Heliocentric model Hertz Hooke's law Horizontal range Hot reservoir Hydraulic brakes Hydraulic lift Hydraulic machines Hydraulic pressure Hydraulic stress Hydrostatic paradox 377, 378 377, 378 280 308 308 274 183 338 234 78 308 251, 252 251, 252 251 234 234, 239 249

E
Efficiency of heat engine Elastic Collision Elastic deformation Elastic limit Elastic moduli Elasticity Elastomers Electromagnetic force Energy Equality of vectors Equation of continuity Equilibrium of a particle Equilibrium of Rigid body Equilibrium position Errors in measurement Escape speed 308 129 232, 234 234 235 231 235 8 117 66 253 99 158 337, 338, 349 22 193

I
Ideal gas equation Ideal gas Impulse Inelastic collision Initial phase angle Instantaneous acceleration Instantaneous speed Instantaneous velocity Interference Internal energy Irreversible engine Irreversible processes Isobaric process Isochoric process Isotherm Isothermal process 276 321 96 129 368 74 45 43 374 301, 325 311, 313 310 306, 307 306, 307 305 306

F
First law of Thermodynamics Fluid pressure Force Forced frequency Forced oscillations Fracture point Free Fall Free-body diagram Frequency of periodic motion Friction Fundamental Forces Fundamental mode Fusion 302 247 94 353 353 234 49 100 338, 369 101 6 377 282

K
Kelvin-Planck statement Kepler's laws of planetary motion Kinematics of Rotational Motion Kinematics Kinetic energy of rolling motion Kinetic Energy Kinetic interpretation of temperature Kinetic theory of gases 310 184 167 39 174 117 324 323

G
Gauge pressure Geocentric model 249 183

L
Laminar flow Laplace correction 254, 260 373

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Latent heat of fusion Latent heat of vaporisation Latent heat Law of cosine Law of equipartition of energy Law of Inertia Law of sine Linear expansion Linear harmonic oscillator Linear momentum Longitudinal strain Longitudinal strain Longitudinal stress Longitudinal Wave

285 285 284 72 327 90 72 277 345, 347 155 232 232, 235 232 366, 372

O
Odd harmonics Orbital velocity/speed Order of magnitude Oscillations Oscillatory motion 378 194 28 337 337

P
Parallax method Parallelogram law of addition of vectors Pascal's law Path length Path of projectile Periodic force Periodic motion Periodic time Permanent set Phase angle Phase constant Phase diagram Pipe open at both ends Pipe open at one end Pitch Plastic deformation Plasticity Polar satellite Position vector and displacement Potential energy of a spring Potential energy Power Precession Pressure gauge Pressure of an ideal gas Pressure pulse Pressure Principle of Conservation of Energy Principle of moments Progressive wave Projectile motion Projectile Propagation constant Pulse 18 66 248 40 78 353 337 337 234 340 340 283 380 379 382 234 231 196 73 123 120 128 143 249 323 366 246 128 160 366 77 77 368 365

M
Magnus effect Manometer Mass Energy Equivalence Maximum height of projectile Maxwell Distribution Mean free path Measurement of length Measurement of mass Measurement of temperature Measurement of time Melting point Modes Modulus of elasticity Modulus of rigidity Molar specific heat capacity at constant pressure Molar specific heat capacity at constant volume Molar specific heat capacity Molecular nature of matter Moment of Inertia Momentum Motion in a plane Multiplication of vectors Musical instruments 257 250 126 78 326 319, 330 18 21 275 22 282 376 234 238 280, 304 280, 304 280 318 163 93 72 67 380

N
Natural frequency 354 Newton's first law of motion 91 Newton's Law of cooling 290 Newton's law of gravitation 185 Newton's second law of motion 93 Newton's third law of motion 96 Newtons' formula for speed of sound 372 Nodes 376 Normal Modes 376, 377, 379 Note 380, 381 Nuclear Energy 126 Null vector 68

Q
Quasi-static process 305, 306

R
Radial acceleration Radiation Radius of Gyration Raman effect Rarefactions Ratio of specific heat capacities Reaction time Real gases Rectilinear motion 344 290 164 11 364, 365, 371 329 51 321 39

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Reductionism 2 Reflected wave 375 Reflection of waves 374 Refracted wave 375 Refrigerator 308 Regelation 282 Relative velocity in two dimensions 76 Relative velocity 51 Resolution of vectors 69 Resonance 354 Restoring force 232, 345, 364 Reversible engine 311, 312 Reversible processes 310 Reynolds number 260 Rigid body 141 Rolling motion 173 Root mean square speed 325 Rotation 142

Sublimation Subtraction of vectors Superposition principle Surface energy Surface tension Symmetry System of units Systolic pressure

284 67 374 261 261 146 16 273

T
Temperature Tensile strength Tensile stress Terminal velocity Theorem of parallel axes Theorem of perpendicular axes Thermal conductivity Thermal equilibrium Thermal expansion Thermal stress Thermodynamic processes Thermodynamic state variables Thermodynamics Time of flight Torque Torricelli's Law Trade wind Transmitted wave Travelling wave Triangle law of addition of vectors Triple point Trough Tune Turbulent flow 275 234 232 260 167 165 287 299 276 279 305 304 3, 298 78 154 255, 256 289 375 376 66 283 367 380 253, 254

S
S.H.M. (Simple Harmonic Motion) Scalar-product Scalars Scientific Method Second law of Thermodynamics Shear modulus Shearing strain Shearing stress SI units Significant figures Simple pendulum Soap bubbles Sonography Sound Specific heat capacity of Solids Specific heat capacity of Gases Specific heat capacity of Water Specific heat capacity Speed of efflux Speed of Sound Speed of Transverse wave on a stretched string Sphygmomanometer Spring constant Standing waves Stationary waves Steady flow Stethoscope Stokes' law Stopping distance Strain Streamline flow Streamline Stress Stress-strain curve Stretched string 339 114 65 1 309 238 233 232, 239 16 27 338, 349 264 383 371 303, 330 328, 329 330 280, 303 255 371, 372 370, 371 273 348, 351 376 378 253 273 259 50 232 253, 254 253, 254 232 234 370

U
Ultimate strength Ultrasonic waves Unification of Forces Unified Atomic Mass Unit Uniform circular motion Uniform Motion Uniformly accelerated motion Unit vectors 234 383 10 21 79 41 47 70

V
Vane Vaporisation Vector-product Vectors Velocity amplitude Venturi meter Vibration Viscosity Volume expansion Volume Strain 351 283 151 66 344 256 337 258 277 234

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W
Wave equation Wave length Wave speed Waves Waxing and waning of sound Weak nuclear force Weightlessness Work done by variable force Work 370 368 370 363 381 9 197 118 116

Work-Energy Theorem Working substance

116 308

Y
Yield Point Yield strength Young's modulus 234 234 235

Z
Zeroth law of Thermodynamics 300